WHO'S WHO IN THE DISSIDENT RIGHT: CURT DOOLITTLE

Trying not to 'own' his mistakes

by Colin Liddell

The jury is still out on Curt Doolittle and has probably gone home, after losing interest in the once intriguing question of whether he was some kind of Fed or merely a weird form of Libertarian, metamorphised into something more radical and extreme by the apparent ascendancy of the Alt-Right a few short years ago. 

A brief biog formerly up on his website gives us a few clues to the man: 

"Curt was born in Bristol Connecticut in 1959, and from the age of two, was raised in rural Canandaigua New York. The family returned to Connecticut in 1976, where he graduated from St. Francis Xavier - a local private boy's school. He attended the University of Hartford, where he spent one year in engineering, one year in pre-law (political science) before switching to and completing four years in Fine Art and Art History. He either founded or was a principle in a series of technology companies in the greater Northwest, before retiring early to work on philosophy full time, where he founded the Propertarian Institute. He has been married (and divorced) three times, and as of 2012 he resides in Kiev Ukraine. Where he has '... a front row seat to observe the struggle of the Ukrainian people to become a Nation.'"

This tells us that, like many dissident righters, he was a bit of a social outsider, while also suggesting a certain degree of intelligence. The decision to live in Kiev could be viewed as either Fed-related or sex-tourist-related, as many other dubious characters in the dissident right have shown similar proclivities.

Doolittle is mainly associated with the idea of Propertarianism, an idea with a long pedigree in Libertarian circles, which views most of the problems of the World as stemming from a poor understanding or an infringement of "property rights." It is essentially an anti-political ideology that appeals to a certain kind of "autistic" mindset. But Doolittle's brand of Propertarianism soon became associated with what passes for Fed-posting (i.e. the promotion of "terroristic violence" to disempowered right wingers in order to legally compromise them). This is clear both from Doolittle's own words and statements and from those of his mysterious motorcycle-helmeted acolyte John Mark. 

In 2016 in the comment section of the Counter-Currents article "The Alt-Right: Obituary for a Brand?" Doolittle was unequivocal in advocating violence:

"I said that either we propose incremental, institutional solutions and a plan of transition, and demand it by violence, or we are just asking the left to double down and marshall against us by further controlling the discourse. The only reason the past few years have been possible is because they didn’t regulate right-speech. But as you see, (like bitcoin can be regulated) it is entirely possible to regulate right speech under false pretenses. I consistently make the same criticism: the only solution is a solution demanded by violence that overthrows the system that makes our oppression possible. There is no answer in the alt-right. It’s a good tactic while you have ‘permission’ to ridicule on the same terms as the left. But in the end, their profession is ridicule and gossip and rallying and shaming. And our profession is violence. Or we have no profession at all."

These comments were made at a time when the establishment and Big Tech were still looking for good excuses—i.e. "false pretences"—to deplatform and demonetize the dissident right. This was either fed-posting or a simulacrum of fed-posting arising out of an extremely tone-deaf 'autism,' which seems entirely in character for Doolittle. Following an event in July 2020, I am inclined to believe the latter is the more probable explanation.

The event I am referring to was the one that sounded the death knell of Doolittle-ism. This was an outdoor event held in Richmond Virginia, where Doolittle attempted to take his movement IRL, with a public signing of his "Declaration of Reformation." In addition to Propertarians, this also involved civ-nats, militia groups, and even some BLM activists. Unfortunately for a man who believes in demanding property rights through violence, Doolittle ended up pissing his pants when confronted by a few, gentle BLM activists, who were clearly struggling to understand his message that all good things flow from the worship of private property ("anti-gibs"). Making this even worse, the incident of incontinence happened just after Doolittle tried to placate the BLMers by complimenting them on the purely hypothetical size of their sexual organs.

This shitshow immediately led to Doolittle's "movement" imploding and disappearing in a puff of libertarian smoke, with even the slavishly loyal John Mark denouncing his guru and deleting all the videos he had made promoting Propertarianism and prophesying the imminent boogaloo. 

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